Mohammad Herangza, Nader Hajloo, Mohammad Narimani, Sajjad Basharpoor,
Volume 22, Issue 10 (1-2024)
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Online gaming addiction has a negative effect on the physical and mental health of adolescents. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the mediating role of cognitive fusion in the relationship between childhood psychological maltreatment and online gaming addiction.
Materials and Methods: In the current descriptive study, the statistical population included all middle school students (boys and girls) in the Education Department of Bastak (Hormozgan Province), who were studying in the academic year 2021-2022, and 350 people were selected as a sample using the multi-stage cluster random sampling method. They answered questionnaires of psychological maltreatment, cognitive fusion, and online gaming addiction. Structural equations modeling was used to analyze the data.
Results: The results showed that emotional responsiveness, rejection/intimidation, unethical/not being honest, high expectations/inflexibility, and isolation are directly and significantly related to online gaming addiction with coefficient values of 0.48, 0.41, 0.28, 0.31, and 0.32, respectively (p<0.001). Also, emotional responsiveness, rejection/intimidation, high expectations/inflexibility, and isolation have a significant relationship with online game addiction indirectly with the mediation of cognitive fusion with coefficient values of 0.24, 0.19, 0.08 and 0.14, respectively (p<0.001).
Conclusion: The present study showed that childhood psychological maltreatment has a significant relationship directly and indirectly with the mediation of cognitive fusion, with online gaming addiction. From a practical point of view, experts can evaluate the communication methods of parents with their children on the one hand, and on the other hand, seek to reduce online gaming addiction and cognitive exploits, along with cognitive and retrospective challenges.
Key words: Online gaming addiction, Childhood psychological maltreatment, Adolescents, Cognitive fusion
Funding: This study was funded by University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Mohaghegh Ardabili University approved the study (IR.UMA.REC.1400.047).
How to cite this article: Herangza Mohammad, Hajloo Nader, Narimani Mohammad, Basharpoor Sajjad. Designing and Testing the Structural Model of Online Gaming Addiction Based on Childhood Psychological Maltreatment with the Mediating Role of Cognitive Fusion: A Descriptive Study. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2024; 22 (10): 1089-1104. [Farsi]